Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

 

A selection of posters and abstracts presented at Chapman University's Student Scholar Symposium (formerly Student Research Day) each fall and spring.

Full Abstract Volumes:
Fall 2024
Fall 2023 | Spring 2024
Fall 2022 | Spring 2023
Fall 2021 | Spring 2022
Fall 2020 | Spring 2021
Fall 2019 | Spring 2020
Fall 2018 | Spring 2019
Fall 2017 | Spring 2018
Fall 2016 | Spring 2017
Fall 2015 | Spring 2016
Fall 2014 | Spring 2015
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Submissions from 2023

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Fall 2023 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence

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Fear of Immigrants and Immigration in American Society, Sabrina Laib

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Formula 101 Using 2022 Formula One Season Data to Understand the Race Results, Christopher Garcia and Oliver Lopez

Furthering Development of Smart Fabrics to Improve the Accessibility of Music Therapy, Daisy Z. Fernandez-Reyes, Ellie Nguyen, and Franceli L. Cibrian

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How Demographics Influence Self-Image, Leyla Rakshani, Melissa Brillhart, Stephanie Yu, and Aaron Schurger

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How Demographics Influence Self-Image, Stephanie Yu, Amy Whitmarsh, Leyla Rakshani, and Aaron Schurger

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How Does the Presence of Divorce Affect Children’s Anxiety Surrounding Romantic Relationships?, Hannah Fereday

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How Single Parent Households Affect the Sociability of Children, Roland Jonathan Casiquin

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Identifying the effects of Function-based Exercise on Postural Stability and Gait in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Kasey Markell and Rahul Soangra

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Information Inflation: How social media news consumption contributes to societal and political fears, Owen Cotton

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Loyalty, Honor and Betrayal: Masculinity in the Heroic Bloodshed Film, William Singer

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Media Consumption and Islamophobia, Anastasia Athanasiadi

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Microaggressions Versus Blatant Discrimination and their Effects on Mental Health, Ian Lock

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Mindfulness Meditation as a Complementary Therapy for Chronic Migraines, Isaac Min and Manjari Murali

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Moving or Tossing? Can VR Tell the Difference?, Joseph Ellis and Dylan McIntosh

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Music During Political Unrest: A Look Into Protest Music of Northern Ireland During The Trouble's, Lauren Blue

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Opportunities, Johannah Choi

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Pasta and Politics: A Taste of Culinary Xenophobia in Italy, Rachel Berns

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Reconnecting with Exes and Having Sex with Platonic Roommates During the First Five Months of the COVID - 19 Pandemic, Valentyna Simon, Alex Kraft, Amanda Gesselman, and Justin Garcia

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South Los Angeles Park Observation Research, Valeria N. Delgado and Melissa R. Ramos

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Spring 2023 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence

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Studying Competing Reaction Pathways in Methanol Decomposition on Platinum Catalysts Under Ultra-High Vacuum (UHV) Conditions Using TPD and SFG Spectroscopy, Quy Loi, Kevin Alvorado Jimenez, Sarah Lelea, Lauren Villegas, and Jerry LaRue

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Tap Musicians: Exploring the Use of Tap Dance as an Instrument Through the Lens of Notation, Kurt Horney and Kaia Goddard

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The Dancer's Unspoken Superpower: Consciousness of Mind and Body, Mandy Fang

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The Effects of Media Usage on Climate Change Beliefs, Leia Hernandez

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The Effects of Trauma on Holocaust Survivors After the War, Natalie Braker

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The Experiences of Latinx Faculty, Staff, and Students at a Predominantly White Institution aspiring to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Andrew Peña

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The Pride Pipeline: Violent Nationalism in the United States, Emily Veloz

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The Professionalization of the Supreme Court, Ruben Lopez-Apodaca

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The Psychology of the Stage: Intersections of Cognitive Science and Theatre, Ariya Selvakumar

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The Roadmap to an Improved Braille Display Design, Emma Garofalo, Trey Alexander, Luke Shankland, Michael Smith, Michael Cheng, Michael Bishai, and Lauren Sun

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The Role of Generational Status in Latino Voting Behavior and Partisanship, Isabella Stoddart

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The Truth about Partisan Affiliation: Fear, Trust, and Media, Hailey Merin

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Triangulating Neural Correlates of Consciousness, Sarah Quach

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Tunnel Vision, Reese Paddock

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Uncanny Evolution, Will Baca

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Unmasking The Exploitation of Minority Voices in American Theatre Throughout the 21st Century, Rhea Chhagan

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User Feedback on Celebratory Technology Model for Reducing Stigma, Evelyn Lawrie, Daniel Dinh, Sav Avalos, Jack de Bruyn, Spencer Au, Christian Lopez, Ray Tan, and Cyrus Fa'amafoe

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VRMoViAn - An Immersive Data Annotation Tool for Visual Analysis of Human Interactions in VR, Isaac Browen

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Who is Most Likely to Fear Financial Collapse, Robert Hutchens

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Why Education Matters: Understanding Islamophobia in the United States, Cintya Felix

Submissions from 2022

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A Free Relationship to Technology, Haley Lilla

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A History of the Changing Terrain of Post-Secondary Education in Prisons and How It Can Inform Programs Serving Formerly Incarcerated Individuals, Sam Shlafstein

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American Voter Turnout: The Influence of Education Levels on Voter Participation, Jack Thomas Bunzel-Hardie

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Analyzing Interactions of Calmodulin with HIV-1 Matrix Protein, Andrea Sandoval, D. Mau, N. Karimi, K. Sakamaki, C. Owens, and Jerry LaRue

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A Novel Approach to Understanding Functional Gait and Variable Walking Strategies in an Asymptomatic Low Back Pain Population, Rachel Berns and Thomas Fountain

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Avoiding Shame: Filipino-American’s Motivations for Higher Education, Myra Dayrit

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Biopolitics and Belief: The Impacts of Religious Attitudes on Reproductive Rights in the U.S., Katlyn Barbaccia

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Changes in Western U.S. Streamflow Extremes Under Climate Change, Rama Bedri

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Comparing Past and Future Drought and Surplus Periods in the Colorado River Basin, Rama Bedri

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Comparing qPCR and CFU to Verify Rhizobia Genotype Proportions, Yoobeen Lee, Kenjiro Quides, and Hagop Atamian

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Computational Design of β-Fluorinated Morphine Derivatives for pH-specific Binding, Nayiri Alexander, Makena Augenstein, and Matthew Gartner

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conscious shockness, Caleb Lachelt

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Designing & Building a Microwave Plasma Reactor for Graphene Synthesis, Aviv Zohman and Jerry LaRue

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Designing Haptic Interfaces to Uncover Gestural Patterns in Children, Yuki Chen, Kayla Anderson, and Audrey Bichelmeir

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Down the Rabbit Hole: Understanding the Instigators of the Qanon Conspiracy, Trevor McNally

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Dress Coding Latinidad? Color-Blind Sexism in School Dress Code Policies, Marisa Quezada

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Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Adults with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome, Isaac Min and Aaron Schurger

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El vínculo entre la literatura y la buena publicidad en varios anuncios del mundo hispanohablante (2017 - 2022), Carter Kane

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Ending the False Perception Decoding the Characteristics of Americans who Fear Immigrants’ Impact on the Economy by Kate Riccardelli, Kate Riccardelli

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Engagement in Consensual Non-monogamy and Multi-partner Sex During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights From a National Sample of Single Americans, Kaylie Posen, Manya Dhupar, and Amanda Gesselman

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Exploring the Ecological Dynamics of Simple Rhizobial Artificial Populations Using qPCR, Teresa Hur, Kenjiro Quides, and Hagop Atamian

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Fall 2022 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence

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How Conservative Media Influences Views on Illegal Immigration, Juhi Doshi

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Identifying the Neural Correlates of Postural Control: A Novel fMRI Paradigm, Korinne Henslee, Jo Armour Smith, and Laura M. Glynn

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Identifying Voice-based Digital Biomarkers of Parkinson's Disease, Rachelle Beshay, Madison Gill, Michael Shiraishi, and Rahul Soangra

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Intervention to Modify Perceptions of Homelessness, Sophie Srivastava, Vincent Berardi, and David Frederick

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Ketone Hydrosilylation Studies Using a Carbodiphosphorane Catalyst, Liam Sullivan and Allegra Liberman-Martin

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Leaf Chemical Profiling of Two Fabiana Species and Their F1 Hybrids, Kylie Deer, Hagop Atamian, Joseph Cahill, and Amancio De Souza

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Mama, Hannah Scott

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Media, Distrust of Government, and Fear of Terrorism in the United States, Lauren Rowe

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Neo's Cleaning Service, Yuka Saito and McFloyd Nguyen

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Online Dating During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is it the New Norm?, Sara Henry, Emily Foster, Alexandra Kraft, and Amanda N. Gesselman

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Political Participation: Beyond the Vote, Miriam Elfahdi

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Propósito de un plan universal de servicios bilingües en medicina, Andrea Sandoval and Laura R. Loustau

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Public Opinion on Illegal Immigration in the United States: Understanding the Xenophobic Sentiments towards Illegal Immigrants, Alexandra Martinez

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QAnon Deconstructed: Faith and Lies, Sam Andrus

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Reliability of Accelerometer-Based Reaction Time Tests, Jacob Hepp, Warner Rhodes, Jordan Walton, Rahul Soangra, and Brent Harper

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Social Media Effects on People's Fear of Terrorism, Cameron Pastore

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Sociocultural Pressures Among Parents of Queer Children in Films With Non-Western Environments, Samay Bhasin

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Spring 2022 Student Scholar Symposium Abstract Volume, Chapman University Center for Undergraduate Excellence

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The Dream Machine: The Convergence of Hallucination and Content Creation, COM 304-03, Creative & Cultural Industries in Practice

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The Half-Life of Los Angeles, Morgan Grimes

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The Human Consequences of the US-Mexico Border: Testimonial Literature of Gloria Anzaldúa and Valeria Luiselli, Grace Hodgetts

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The Influence of Religion on Immigration Public Opinion, Olga Alvertos

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The Levels and Discrepancies of America’s Fear of Terrorism, Kate Lindfors

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The One Who Won, Jeanna Polisini

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The Optimal Concentration of Exogenous Carbon Monoxide Tolerated by Alfalfa, Kevin Nguyen, Cedric P. Owens, and Hagop Atamian

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The Subjective Variation Among Mexican American Identity: A Comparative Analisis Between the Autobiographical Works of Richard Rodriguez and Reyna Grande, Victor Leon

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ThinkMED: Inspiring The Future Of STEM, One Project At A Time, Steven Trinh and Lauren Dudley

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Under New Direction: Using Theatre to Combat the Climate Crisis, Brian Kirsch

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Understanding Parkinson’s Disease Through Gait Initiation and Center of Pressure, Mira Ananthanarayanan, Kiara Salceda, Michael Shiraishi, and Rahul Soangra

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Understanding the Transition from General to Organic Chemistry, Hannah Chan

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Utilizing Teslasuit to Analyze Changes in Joint Angles and Galvanic Skin Responses During Slips (A Stress-Inducing Task), Olivia Johnson, Caitlin Ha, and Audrey Arenal

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Victimization: Examining the Fear of Mass Shootings, Isa Alarcon

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Visual Demonstration of Substituent Effects for Chromium(VI) Alcohol Oxidation, Biyu (Chelsea) Zhao

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What Are You Scared Of? How Social Media News Consumption Impacts Voter Fear, Emilie Haskell

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Why do Americans Report a Greater Fear of Government Restrictions on Firearms than in Years Prior?, Ethan Oppenheim

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"Why This Post Now?" : Dramaturging Politics and Social Media, Kennedy Kemmerer

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Will Genius Fail? The Effect of Age, Education Level, and Race on Fear of Financial Collapse, Peter Mayne Cline